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LVPElE-RS. PHOTO-LITHDGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. n, CA

M. A. KING, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters .Patent lVo. 77,051, dated April 21, 1858.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Beit known that I, M. A.'KIN,G, of the city of New York, in the' Stateof New York, have invented-a4 certain new and useful Improvement onMulfs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and lto the letters and` marks thereon, which said drawingsform part of this specication, and represent a muti', and the framethereof, 'as .constructed under my invention Y i Figure 1 being a viewof the frame, and

Figure 2 a view of the mut?.

In both of these figures like parts are indicated by like marks andletters.

This invention is of the character of an additional improvement to amufon which Letters Patent were granted to me on the 10th day ofDecember, 1867; the muif having a frame between its exterior andinterior surfaces, similar to that shown by lfig. 1, without thecontinuation marked a, of the central spring-bar or strip; a hingedsection of the frainebeing for a lid or cover to a reticule orpocketlying between the fur or exterior Surface of the muil', and .thelining and .wedding or interior surface. 4As thisv frame, whether madeof metalspring strips or light bars, `must necessarily be of littleweight, the hinges, without some sustaining means, will be liable to bestrained or broken by careless raising of the lid or cover, and thecatch of the lid will not be likely to fit as accurately and safely inits socket in the front bar of the reticuie.

In raising the vlid or cover of the reticule c, if pressed too far back,the hingesmight be strainedror broken, and when so 'pressed back 'thecontents of the reticule would be muchexposed to observation. i

My present improvement consists in having the central bar or strip apass through the bar cl of the lid, and the bar e of the frame. Thisstrip is secured/to the bar e,las indicated atf, fig. 1,*but is notsecured to the bard, a slot in that bar allowing Aof the moving of thelid up or-down to open or close the reticule. This strip or spring platea will prevent the lid from going too far back, will; sustain the hingesand prevent their being strained or' broken, and will direct or guidethe-catch to its socket, so that the reticule can be opened and closedas easily and readily inthe darkas in the light.

WhatyI cla-im as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is l l The spring strip a, in combination with the other parts of theframe and muif, substantially as and fortbe purposes set forth. y y

This specification signed lthis 18th day of March A1868.

' f M. A. KING.

Witnesses:

Gnus. E. WILeUs,

JAMES W. Pon.

